The glaring security risks with AI browser agents | TechCrunch
AI-powered browser agents require deep access to user accounts and pose significant privacy and prompt-injection risks that can expose or misuse personal data.
Are AI browsers worth the security risk? Why experts are worried
AI-integrated browsers like OpenAI's Atlas offer powerful, tab-aware automation but raise prompt-injection and data-theft security risks that require cautious use.
AI-driven browsers aim to reshape browsing by autonomously controlling cursors and interfaces, prompting major companies to redesign browser experiences.
Microsoft Edge's new Copilot Mode turns on more AI features
Microsoft launched Copilot Mode in Edge, integrating Copilot into each new tab as an AI-centered web portal that combines AI responses, search, and navigation.
Can OpenAI's Atlas get people to care about browsers again?
OpenAI released Atlas, an AI-powered web browser aiming to challenge Chrome's dominance but faces entrenched user habits and a utilitarian browser market.
AI-integrated browsers transform browsing into agentic, zero-click shopping experiences that will reshape search-to-purchase flows and ecommerce data signals.
Opera's Neon shows just how confusing AI browsers still are
Neon combines three AI tools—Chat, Do, and Make—into a paid $19.90/month browser, offering integrated assistant, browser-controlling agents, and AI app-building.
Atlassian exec details the $610M Browser Company acquisition
Atlassian acquired The Browser Company to integrate AI-driven browsers into enterprise products and aggressively optimize browsers for knowledge workers.
Atlassian staking a claim in the AI browser space with acquisition of a developer of AI-powered browsers
Atlassian will buy The Browser Company for $610 million to develop AI-powered browsers that turn tabs into integrated, SaaS-aware productivity assistants.
Perplexity CEO predicts AI could replace recruiters and assistants in as little as six months
Advancements in AI technology, particularly AI browsers, are expected to lead to significant job losses in roles like recruiting and executive assistance within a year.
A threat to Google's dominance? The AI browser wars have begun - here are the top contenders vying for the crown
Perplexity's CEO Aravind Srinivas stated, "I reached out to Chrome to offer Perplexity as a default search engine option a long time ago. They refused. Hence we decided to build [the] Perplexity Comet browser."
OpenAI and Perplexity enter browser wars to take on Chrome
Perplexity AI launched Comet, a new web browser with built-in AI search capabilities, which offers a unified browsing experience for users to ask questions and complete tasks.
The AI search startup Perplexity officially launched Comet, a web browser designed to feel more like a conversation than a scroll, aiming to replace traditional web browsing.